Fish Tacos with Avocado Sauce

I wanted to be sure you all had this recipe before Thursday. Cinco de Mayo! We had this for dinner last night, celebrated a bit early, as Thursdays are usually the one night we don’t sit down as a family. With four children in sports, I’m amazed that we are able to sit down the other days…but in our house it’s a priority. So, sometimes we eat at 7pm, and sometimes we eat at 4:30pm!

I’ve never had authentic fish tacos. I’ve never even ordered a fish taco from a restaurant. I think up until a few years ago, the thought outright disgusted me! I love tacos, with beef or chicken. But fish?

Then my brother moved to California and for a long time all he talked about was how good the fish tacos are out there. So, I made them. I’ve made quite a few variations, but this is by far my favorite! It makes about 15 large tacos too, which in my family is important. Especially since there is usually an extra body at the table (friends of my kids).

So if you’ve never had a fish taco, try it. Trust me. Oh, and the avocado sauce? It’s a must! My husband doesn’t like avocados so he puts salsa on his, but this sauce completes the taco. He doesn’t understand food. He eats to live, I live to eat. That’s why we love eachother, we are a pair.

While corn mixture is cooking, shred lettuce and place in large bowl with ¼ cup of cilantro, snipped. Pour heated corn mixture over lettuce, and allow to wilt while cooking fish.

Using same skillet, add 2 Tbsp olive oil and heat over medium high heat. Add fish to skillet and cook on each side about 5 minutes, until cooked thoroughly. Flake fish into large chunks and add to corn and lettuce mixture. Add diced tomatoes on top.

While fish was cooking, mix up avocado sauce. Cut and pit both avocados, placing flesh into a bowl, Add zest of 2 limes and the juice of one lime. Mash avocado until near creamy, mix in yogurt, red wine vinegar, and salt and pepper. Add tabasco sauce. You can add more of that if you like a little kick.

To serve, place large scoop of fish mixture onto warmed tortilla. Top with avocado sauce and garnished with remaining cilantro. Enjoy! I like to pair this with my Cilantro Rice (you can even put that on the tortilla too).

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